Faculty profile
Catherine Girard
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Research
Latest papers
Season and city shape urban bioaerosol composition beyond vegetation and socioeconomic gradients.
The Science of the total environment · 2026
Phosphorothioate DNA modification by BREX type 4 systems in the human gut microbiome.
Nature communications · 2026
Impact of oral immunotherapy on diversity of gut microbiota in food-allergic children.
Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology · 2025
Latest funding
- $1,000,000
Arctic freshwater food systems: Influence of warming winters and increased snow cover
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
- $12,500
Microorganismes de la cryosphère : relâche et dispersion d'une biodiversité unique
NSERC · 2021 · Principal investigator
- $237,494
Year-round Arctic ecology: Capacity building to monitor environmental microbiome change in the North
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
6 publications.
Season and city shape urban bioaerosol composition beyond vegetation and socioeconomic gradients.
Poirier S, Rondeau-Leclaire J, Faticov M, Roy A, Lajeunesse G, Lucier JF, Tardif S, Kembel SW, Ziter C, Laprise C, Paquette A, Girard C, Laforest-Lapointe I
Phosphorothioate DNA modification by BREX type 4 systems in the human gut microbiome.
Yuan Y, DeMott MS, Byrne SR, Flores K, Poyet M, Groussin M, Berdy B, Bahunde JR, Girard C, Lehtimäki J, Mabulla AZP, Mwikarago IE, Nartey YA, Nguyen LTT, Onyekwere CA, Roberts LR, Shapiro BJ, Vatanen T, Comstock LE, Alm EJ, Dedon PC
Impact of oral immunotherapy on diversity of gut microbiota in food-allergic children.
Bouabid T, Tremblay BL, Lavoie MÈ, Boucher-Lafleur AM, Gagnon-Brassard F, Bégin P, Lavoie S, Rochefort-Beaudoin C, Nuncio-Naud C, Parizeault G, Morin C, Girard C, Madore AM, Laprise C
Motivation to participate and attrition factors in a COVID-19 biobank: A qualitative study.
Jalbert L, Hautin AS, Baron M, Dubé È, Gagné M, Girard C, Larochelle C, LeBlanc A, Sasseville M, Décary S, Tremblay K
Bacterial Biomarkers of the Oropharyngeal and Oral Cavity during SARS-CoV-2 Infection.
Bourumeau W, Tremblay K, Jourdan G, Girard C, Laprise C
The outbreak of the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2): A review of the current global status.
Bchetnia M, Girard C, Duchaine C, Laprise C
Arctic freshwater food systems: Influence of warming winters and increased snow cover
Principal investigators: Rautio, Milla
Microorganismes de la cryosphère : relâche et dispersion d'une biodiversité unique
Principal investigators: Girard, Catherine
Year-round Arctic ecology: Capacity building to monitor environmental microbiome change in the North
Principal investigators: Girard, Catherine
Keywords: microbiome climate change genomics capacity building microbial ecology long-term monitoring limnology cryosphere
Microorganismes de la cryosphère : relâche et dispersion d'une biodiversité unique
Principal investigators: Girard, Catherine
Keywords: microbiomes; métagénomique; biodiversité; arctique; connectivité; changements climatiques; bioaérosols; cryosphère; services écosystémiques; eau potable
There's something in the air: disentangling the role of airborne microbes and pollutants in the inflammatory response of asthma along a latitudinal gradient in Canada
Principal investigators: Girard, Catherine C
Keywords: asthme; bioaérosols; composés organiques volatiles; inflammation; microbiome; stress oxydatif
Microorganismes de la cryosphère : relâche et dispersion d'une biodiversité unique
Principal investigators: Girard, Catherine
Keywords: microbiomes; métagénomique; biodiversité; arctique; connectivité; changements climatiques; bioaérosols; cryosphère; services écosystémiques; eau potable
Do urban trees affect human respiratory health and autoimmune diseases through microbiomes, air contaminants, and allergens?
Principal investigators: Laforest-Lapointe, Isabelle
Keywords: urban trees and forests smart cities microbiome public health allergies ecosystem functions biodiversity-ecosystem functioning city planning biodiversity autoimmune diseases
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Catherine Laprise and Catherine Girard: 4 shared papers
- Catherine Laprise and Isabelle Laforest-Lapointe: 1 shared paper
- Catherine Laprise and Caroline Duchaine: 1 shared paper
- Catherine Laprise and Carly Ziter: 1 shared paper
- Isabelle Laforest-Lapointe and Carly Ziter: 1 shared paper
- Isabelle Laforest-Lapointe and Catherine Girard: 1 shared paper
- Maxime Sasseville and Catherine Girard: 1 shared paper
- Caroline Duchaine and Catherine Girard: 1 shared paper
- Carly Ziter and Catherine Girard: 1 shared paper
- Sciences fondamentales
- Basic Sciences
- Biology
- Biochimie, de microbiologie et de bio-informatique
- Département de Biologie
- Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine
Co-authors at Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Catherine Laprise
Basic Sciences
4 shared papers, latest 2026
Isabelle Laforest-Lapointe
Département de Biologie
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Maxime Sasseville
Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Caroline Duchaine
Biochimie, de microbiologie et de bio-informatique
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Carly Ziter
Biology
1 shared papers, latest 2026
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